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91B-24 — ▪ aircraft also called Liberator long range heavy bomber used during World War II by the U.S. and British air forces. It was designed by the Consolidated Aircraft Company (later Consolidated Vultee) in response to a January 1939 U.S. Army Air… …
92List of currently active United States military watercraft — Aircraft Carriers= * Nimitz class aircraft carrier * Gerald R. Ford class aircraft carrier * USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) * USS Enterprise (CVN 65)Amphibious Assault Ships* LHA 6 * Tarawa class amphibious assault ship * Wasp class amphibious assault… …
93DC-3 — ▪ aircraft also called Douglas DC 3, Skytrain, C 47 (U.S. Army), R4D (U.S. Navy) , or Dakota (Royal Air Force) transport aircraft, the world s first successful commercial airliner, readily adapted to military use during World War II.… …
94B-25 — ▪ aircraft also called Mitchell U.S. medium bomber used during World War II. The B 25 was designed by North American Aviation, Inc., in response to a prewar requirement and was first flown in 1940. A high wing monoplane with a twin tail… …
95Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
96List of seaplanes and flying boats — The following is a list of flying boats and seaplanes. These do not include WIG or Wing In Ground effect craft, also referred to as water skimming wingships or, in Russian, ekranoplans .Austro Hungary* Lohner L mdash; biplane flying boat (1910s)… …
97aerospace industry — Introduction assemblage of manufacturing concerns that deal with vehicular flight within and beyond the Earth s atmosphere. (The term aerospace is derived from the words aeronautics and spaceflight.) The aerospace industry is engaged in the …
98Boeing 747 — British Airways Bo …
99Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
100technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
